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Description Photo of the "Plumbbob John" nuclear warhead test over the Yucca Flats Nuclear Test Site, Nevada (USA), at 14:00 hrs on 19 July 1957. This test was a combination proof test of the AIR-2A Genie unguided air-to-air rocket, and an effects test of the W-25 warhead. The AIR-2A was fired from a Northrop F-89J Scorpion fighter. The rocket travelled 4240 meters in 4.5 seconds at an altitude of 6,000 m (18,500 ft) before detonating the 1.7 kt warhead.
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current16:41, 22 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:41, 22 March 2006388 × 484 (25 KB)GDKPlumbbob John Nuclear Test Live Test of nuclear AIR-2A Genie rocket. 19 July 1957. Fired by an US Airforce F-89J over Yucca Flats Nuclear Test Site at an altitude of 4,500 m (15,000 ft). {{PD-USGov}} Category:Nuclear tests

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